THarris123
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What's the Metrodecker going to be used on and how long is it in Kernow for?
What's the Metrodecker going to be used on and how long is it in Kernow for?
Busaholic - printed summer timetables were available today at Camborne bus station. I picked one up this morning from a rapidly emptying box outside the office. Hopefully they are available elsewhere as well.
NOOOoooo !! Those metal perches inside the DWX ALX400s are a real pain in the ....... !!
But we do provisionally expect all the W Reg Volvos to leave normal service
Are they staying for contract / college duties and what is to replace them?
Please do tell if you can.
Some may stay for contracts but unlikely to be Schools.
Trident 2s and MMCs
To replace the Volvo B7TL's on any particular route or just part of the general fleet?
But we do provisionally expect all the W Reg Volvos to leave normal service
So that does not discount a route going over to MMC's and possibly a new route branding?
Didn't FSW indicate that this was more general in line with Kernow green livery or am I getting the wrong end of the schtick?
Rightly and probably wrongly, I'd interpreted the Mid/East Cornwall to perhaps involve the 27 and the Truro to Newquay routes. However, I'll wait for the official word
I guess we will have to wait and see, no reason though why other routes cannot get route branding and/or new MMC's.
No. The fleet will move around.
It's good to see some decent investment in Kernow. Strange how Kernow was always the dumping ground for the some of the oldest stock in First. By the end of the year, Kernow will have a better age profile than West of England potentially.
Those ex Manchester B7TLs are quite nice, all but the interior. I'm hopeful that the oldest of the Tridents will go too? Or is that too hopeful?
Please, please, please, put comfortable buses on routes of more than one hour. Five weeks ago I spent many hours on buses between Bodmin and Truro and Bodmin and Plymouth, and I ended up with a knee ligament injury. The trouble is I am only a little bit above five foot tall and the front of seats tend to make the back of my knee sore. My knee is still not better and I am worried about venturing on a bus again. I am wondering if I should carry a stool with me for my feet. If First Kernow want to treble the time taken for journeys by visiting every single village on the way, the least they can do is give us comfortable buses.
I'd probably suggest directing your post and allegations of injury to first directly,
I have been following the discussion of new buses arriving and the discussion about the comfort or otherwise of seats. I just wanted to point out the need for the buses with the more comfortable seats to be on the longest routes. Whether they are being allocated following such criteria or not, I do not know. I have already brought up the subject of seat comfort on here previously and been told they are made according to average height. Complaining directly to First Kernow will not make any difference. Just how are the buses with the more comfortable seats being allocated?
I have been following the discussion of new buses arriving and the discussion about the comfort or otherwise of seats. I just wanted to point out the need for the buses with the more comfortable seats to be on the longest routes. Whether they are being allocated following such criteria or not, I do not know. I have already brought up the subject of seat comfort on here previously and been told they are made according to average height. Complaining directly to First Kernow will not make any difference. Just how are the buses with the more comfortable seats being allocated?